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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Manufacturing firm Rolls-Royce is designing a boat that will allow the transportation of salmon.

The 250-foot vessel, built for Danish salmon producer Bakkafrost, will transport live fish from open-ocean fish farms direct to factories. The largest of its kind, the vessel will include three holds with the capcity to hold 3,000 cubic meters of water.

Scientists from the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK have discovered an unlikely treatment for acne – marine algae.

Research conducted at the University’s internationally renowned Institute of Aquaculture revealed that the cleansing qualities of certain fatty acids found in algae can help prevent the growth of Propionibacterium acnes, a bacterium which causes the common skin condition.